Word: ran
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Those same fractures undermined Evans' slender hopes in last week's general election. Mimicking white Democrats' attempts to override the 1983 primary by mounting an independent challenge to Washington, Evans ran under the banner of the Harold Washington Party. Jackson refused to endorse Daley, who had not actively supported Washington's earlier bids. Instead, Jackson backed Evans -- thereby opening himself to charges of putting race ahead of party loyalty. But turnout in black wards went down. To win, Evans needed at least 15% of the white vote; he got 7%. Daley attracted 8% of black voters, but his richly financed...
...that assumption has been shattered, perhaps irreparably, by the 10 million gal. of oil that have poured from the Exxon Valdez since it went off course and ran aground in Prince William Sound in late March. By last week the thick, tarry crude had spread into a slick that covered 1,600 sq. mi. of water, fouling 800 miles of shoreline in one of the world's richest wildlife areas. In the wake of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Alaskans are in shock. Said Dennis Kelso, the state's environment commissioner: "People are going to have strong feelings...
...reason Mayor Daley won every election he ever ran in--including six for mayor--was that he always made sure that he had enough votes to win, even if he had to buy them or stuff the ballot box. Mayor Washington won his amazing upset in 1983 because the white community was divided, and the Black community--unified around the cause of getting a Black mayor for the first time in Chicago's history--made sure he had enough of their votes...
...Mayor Daley deserved to win because he made sure that he would have enough votes to win from the outset, and he ran a smart, fair campaign. In Chicago, since everyone is a Democrat, political lines must be drawn on different factors. Race is a particularly useful factor for lining up allegiances, since the Black community no longer trusts the white politicians who have abused them for years, and the white community is afraid that Black politicians will allow their city to fall into ruin...
Guess you had to be there, because the story that ran in The Crimson sounded more like and Expos paper...